[axus]

It's pretty sad. Red Hat should be optimizing for "maximum number of dollars over 10 years", not "maximum control over RHEL-compatible distribution". The second goal leads to more support for their competitors, and ultimately less people buying Red Hat subscriptions.

Anecdotally, we'll have to support more Linux varieties instead of comfortably mandating RHEL-compatible.

[alrs]

None of the people who hold IBM stock will be holding it in 10 years. None of the executives at IBM will be there in 10 years. Why would they bother?